Dispensing device



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l E. GfwSSMAN f DIsPsNs'INe DEVICE 2 Sheets-Shogi 1'- Y Y Filed Sept., 12. 1924 @5mm CO2 March 2o,` 1928.

Filed Sept. 12. 1924A 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 liatentecl Mar.` 20, 19.28.Y

UNITI-:o STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN e. WEssMAN, 0F EAsToN, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNon ToINmvIDUAL DnINx- ING CUI COMPANY, INC., or EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENN- SYLVANIA.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

Application tiled September 12, 1924. Serial No. 737,862.

This invention relates to improvements in dispensing devices and more particularly to improved indicating means therefor, the improved indicating means being especially useful with dispensing devices-of the coin or check controlled type for indicating .when the apparatus is not in service as when the same does not contain any articles'to be dispensed.

The object of the invention is'to provide improved indicating means of a simple eilicient nature eompactly combined with the structure of the dispensing device and adapte-d to be easily adjusted or set to give the desired indication.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved indicating means of the character referred to with means for lockv ing the same in set position against unauthorized operation thereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a dispensing device equipped with indicating means in accordance with the present invention, the indicating means'being shown set with its signal facing to the front of the casing in view. y

Fig. 2`is a rear elevation, the indicating means being shown with its sign facing to the rear of the casing.'

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, the indicating means being shown with its sign facing to the rear of thecasing.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line4-4 of Figure 5.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5 of Figure 4.

Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation of the container.

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan 'view of the container.

The invention comprehendsa dispensing kdevice including a supporting casing having a socket-part, a container adapted to de! tacliably seat in said socket part, and ay ring like part bearing thereupon a sign, said part beingadjustable circumferentially relatively to the 'casing to position the same with its sign facing to the front of the casing in view, or to position the same out of said position at another point about xthe casing out of view. The invention further con-y templates means -for positioning and hold Aing the ring like sign bearing part in its stack of nested cups wit in the container to the delivery openmg 3 of the casing'l, the l casing having a cylindrical socket part`4 extending upwardly from the top thereof in which the container tube 2 is detachably seated. The ,cup delivery mechanism, lo`- cated within the casing 1, includes an oscillating feed member 5 having an operating handle 5 projecting through a slot in the casing. 7 des1gnates the slot in the casing to receive the coin or check.

v Referring to a detail description of the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, the lass container tube 2 is provided at its ower end withv a metal collar or thimble havin an upper socket part 8 extending over theower end of the glass container tube 2, and a lower section 9 of less diameter than the socket part 8 kadapted to fit into the socket part 4 of the casin 1, said lower sect-ion 9 of the collar or thrmble being disposed in alignment with and forming a continuation of the glass container tube 2. The collar or thimble is ixedly secured-on the glass container tube 2 by plaster of Paris 10 or other suitable cementitious material. The container is provided on the outer face of the socket part 8 of its collar or thimble with letters forming a sign 11, the sign extending over` a restricted area of the outer face of the socket part 8 of the collaror thimble, the container being adapted to be i` seated in the socket part 4 of the casing 1 with the sign 11 facing to the front of the casing 1 in view, or to be arranged with its sign out of said position at a differentk point about the casing out of view, the up er socket part 8 of the metal collar or thim le affording an'opaque section so that when the container is positioned with its sign out of front position, for instance, facing to the rear of the casmg, the sign willbe completely out of view'. In the present instance the sign is shown consisting of the words Not in service to indicate when the dispensing device is not in service as when the same does not contain any articles to be dispensed.

The lower section 9 of the' collar or thimble of the cup container and the socket 4 of the casing 1 areconstructed to provide for readily positioning and for holding the collar or thimble in its different positions of adjustment relatively to the casing 1 with its sign facing to the front of the casing in view, and with its sign facing to the rear of the casing out of view. In the particular construction shown the lower section 9 of the collar o-r thimble and the socket part 4 of the casing 1 are of cylindrical form and provided with portions adapted to inte'rit with each other to position andhold the collar or thimble in its adjusted positions against rotary movement relatively to the socket part 4 of the casing. For this purpose, the collar orthimble is provided on its lower section 9 with a pair of lugs 12 adapted to cooperate with a pair of recesses 13 on the socket part 4 of the casing, the pair of lugs 12 onthe collar or thimble being disposed-diametrically opposite in a line extending centrally of the sign 11 on the u per socket part 8 of the collar or thimb e and the recesses 13 being diametrically oppositely disposed in a line extending centrally of the casing 1 fro front to rear. The recesses 13 in theparticular construction shown in the drawings take the form 'of tubular llateral extensions of the socket part 4 of the casing. As will be understood the sign 11 on the collar or thimble of the container may be readily adjusted or arranged to face to the front of the casing 1 in view or to face to the rear of the casing out of view, by withdrawing the container out of the socket part 4 of the casing, and inserting the same inthe socket part 4 with the posltions of the lugs 12 reversed, the 'lugs 12 and recesses 13 assisting in arranging the container in proper position rela-A tively t0 the socket part 4 and positively dening the location of the sign to face directly to the front or to the rear of the casing.

Means tainer to the casing 1 and for locking the indicating means in its different positions, said means comprising a latch member 15 adapted toengage the lugs 12 on'the lower section 9 of the collar or thimble of the container. Each of the lugs 12 is provided with a recess 16 intermediate'its ends, the recess 16 having a fiat bottom wall 16. The latch member 15, inthe particular exempliication of the invention shown, consists of is provided for locking the con-- a relatively short rotatable shaft, semicircular in cross section, having a flat face 15. to engage over the bottom wall 16 of the recesses 16 of the 1u s 12. The casing 1 is provided with a tubu ar boss or extension 17 adjoining ,the socket part 4 providing a cylindrical chamberI 18 to receive a lock 19, and a smaller cylindrical chamber 20 forl the' latch member 15, the .last mentioned chamber extending transversely of and communicating with the recess 13 on the socket part 4 located at the rear side of the casing, the rotatable latch member 15 being fixed to the shaft 21 of the lock 19 to be operated thereby to engage over the bottom wall 16 of the recesses 16 of the lugs 13, or turned back into the chamber 20 out of engagement with the lugs 13, as indicated respectively in full and dotted lines in Figure 4 of the drawings. The` lock 19 may be of 85 any suitable construction, that shown being one of the conventional forms ofkey operated permutation cylinder locks, the lock being secured in the chamber 18 by any suitable means.

It will be noted that the special construction and arrangement of parts hereinbefore set forth 'aiords indicating means of a sim ple efiicient nat-ure that can be quickly and easily set or positioned as desired, the indicating means being compactly arranged with the structure of the dispensing apparatus, and rovision being made to prevent the unautliorized operation of the same.'

While a specific embodiment of the inveni tion is illustrated in the drawings, it will of course be understood that changes and variations in the particular construction shown may be made, and the invention embodied in other forms, as will appeal to those skilled in -the art and falling within the scope ofthe appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention. Different kinds of signs for' different purposes may be employed and the invention llo may be used in connection with dispensing devices of various types and for dispensing various kinds of articles.

What I claim is:

1. .In a dispensing device, a supporting Vcasing including a socket part, a container adapted to detachably seat in said socket part, the container having a ring like part thereon bearing thereupon a sign, said part being adjustable relatively to the casing to position the same with its sign facing to the front of the casing in View, or to position the same out of said position at another point about the casing out of view, and sto means for holding said ring like part in elther of said positions against rotary movement relatively to the casing.

2. In a dispensing device, a, supporting casing including a socket part, a container adapted to detachably seat in said Asocket i341 thereon bearing thereupon a sign, vsaid part being adjustable relatively to the casing to position the same with its sign facing to the front of the casing in view, or to position the same out of said position at a different position about the casing out of view, and means on said part and said socket part adapted to interlit one with the other to hold said part in its di'erent positions of n adjustment against rotary movement relatively to the casing.

I 3. In a disepnsing device, a supportingA casing including a socket part, a container adapted to detachably seat in said socket part, the container having a ring like part thereon bearing thereupon asign, said ring like part being adjustable relatively to the casing to position the same to the front of the casing in view, or to positionthe same out of saidposition at a diferent point about the casing out of view, and key operated means for locking said part in either of ysaid positions.

part, the container having a sign fixed there- 4. In a dispensing device, a supporting casing including a socket part,l a' contalner adapted to detachabl'y seat in said socket to and adapted to be positioned in said' Socket part with its sign facing to the front of the casing in view or positioned with said sign out of said position at a different point about the casing out of view, said socket part and said container having interftting parts wherebyl the container is held from rotation whenl seated' in said socket part in either of said positions.

5. In a dispensing device, a supporting casing including a socket part,la container adapted to detachably seat in said socket part, the container bearing thereupon a sign and'adapted to be positioned 'with its sign facing to the front of the casing in view or positioned with its sign facing toward the rear of the casing out of view, and stop means for holding the container in either of said positions against rotation vrelatively to the casing. l i

6. In a dispensing device, a supporting casing including a socket part, a container adapted to detachably seat in said socket part, the container bearing thereupon a sign and adapted to be positioned with its sign facin to the front of the casin inA view or positioned with its sign out o said position disposed at a different point about the casing, and, key operated means for locking the container to the casing against longitudinal movement relative to the casing.

7.' In a dispensing device, a supporting casing including .a cylindrical soc et part having a` pair of recessesv disposed diametrically opposite in a line extending centrally of the casing from front to rear, a lcontainer having a. lowerV cylindrical part socket with its sign facing to the front of the casing in view or to be positioned with its sign :facing toward the rear of the casing out of View.

8. In a. dispensing device, a supporting casing including a cylindrical socket part having a pair of recesses disposed diametrically opposite in a line extending centrally of the casing from front to rear, a container having a lower cylindrical part adapted to detachably seat in said socket and provided with a pair of diametrically oppositely disposed lugs to engage the recesses of the socket part, the container bearing thereupon a sign arranged in vertical alignment with one of said lugs, said container being adapted to be seated in said socket with its sign facing to the front of,

ot' said positions, said key operated means.

including a 'latch member adapted to interlock with said lugs.

9. In a dispensing device, a supporting cas-ing lincluding a cylindricalsocket part having a pair of recesses disposed diametricallypopposite in a line extending centrally of the casing from front to rear, a container 'having a lower cylindrical part adapted to be detachably seated in said socket and provided with a pair of diametrically oppositely disposed lugs to engage the recesses of the socket part, the container bearing thereupon a sign arranged on a portion thereof in vertical alignment with one of said lugs, said container being adapt# ed to be seated in said socket with its sign facing to the front of the casing in view or to be positioned with its sign facing towardl the rear of the casing, each of said lugs being provided with 'a notched part, and key operated means for locking the containento the casing in either of said positions, said last mentioned means including a latch member adapted to engage the notched portions of the lugs. v

, 10. In a dispensing device, a supporting casing including a socket part, a glass container tube adapted to be detachably seated in said socket part, the container tube having a lower opaque part having printed upon a restricted'area thereof a sign, the container being adapted to be positioned with its sign facin out of said position at a diferent point about the casinol and adapted to bel positioned with its sign- -facingto the front of the casing inv view or positioned with its sign out of said position disposed at a different point about the casing, said socket part and said container being constructed to interfit-one with the other whereby the container is held from rotation lWhen seated in the socket part in either of said positions, and means for' locking the container to said socket in either of said positions.

12. In a dispensing device, the combination with a supportlng casinglincluding a. socket part, a container having a lower part adapted to detachably seat in said- Socket part, of va ring like member bearing a sign thereupon, said ring like member being associated with said socket part for rotary adjustment relatively thereto to position the same with its sign facing to thefi'ront of the casing in view or 'to position the same with its sign out of-said fposition disposed at a. differentpoint about the casing out of View, and stop means for ,holding the ring likel member in its different positions. of adjustment against rotary movement relativelyto the casing.

Vv13. In a dispensing device, the combina-y tion with la supporting casing including. a socket part, a container having a lower part adapted' to detachably seat in said socket part', of a ring like member bearing a sign' thereupon, .said ring like memberbeing associated with said socket part for rotary ad-l justment relatively thereto to position'the same with itssign facing to the front of thel casing in view or to position -thesame with its signent of said position disposed at `a different point aboutthe casin 4out of view. means for holding` thering'l e m'ember in its different pgsitions of adjustmentv against rotary movement relatively to z the easing, and means for locking the ring like member to the casing in its different positions of adjustment. f i

' 14. In a dispensing device, the combinaltion with a supporting casing including a socket part, a. container having a lower part adapted to detachably g part, of a. ring like member bearing a sign thereupon, said 1inglike member being asseat insaid Socket sociated with saidv socket part for adjustment circumferentially of its own axis thereabout to position the same with its sign facing to the front of the casing in view or to position the same with its sign out of said position disposed at a different point about the casing out off View, and means for locking the ring like member in its different positions of adjustment to the casing.

15. In a dispensing device, the combination with a casing, of'a band like member bearing a sign thereupon. said band like member beiner associated with a part of the casing for adjustment circumfcrentially of its own axis thereabout to position'the same thereon with its sign facing to the frontl of the casing in view .or to position the same with its sign out of said position disposed at a different point about the casing, said band like member and the casing having parts adapted to interfit one with the other for positioning and holding the band like member in its different positions of adjustment about the casing.

16. A dispensing device comprising a cas-y ing member and a container operatively associated therewith, said device including a ring like member bearing a sign, said ring like member being associated with the casing member and container for adjustment qirpnlnferentially of its own axis thereabout to position the same 4With its sign exposed at the front or hiddeny from the front, and stop means for maintaining the ring like member lin either position of its adjustment. w, 17. In a dispensing device, a supporting casing including a cylindrical `socket part. a container having a lower cylindrical part adapted to detachably seat in the socket part of, the -rcontainer, 'said l"container bearing thereupon a,v sign and"`being adapted to be seated -in saidzsocket part with"itsf.sign'fac ing to the front of, ther casing'in View or at a dii'eremt point about ,the casirrgr" outof View, said socket part having a pair offre;

cessesdisposed diametrically oppositev in a`r line extending centrally ofthe socketvvfrom front to rear. and said lower cylindrical part of the container having a lug arranged in vertical alignment with said` sign and adapted to be engaged with leither .of the recesses to position and hold the container in either of said positions against rotary movement relatively to the casing. L l

*InV testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my signature.

EDWIN G. WssMAN. 

